Paraphrasing (8th paragraph)

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The economic devastation of the worst disaster on American soil is far and wide. Last week, individual industries began to tally the toll:

The main idea of the paragraph

This paragraph serves as a transition between the previous paragraphs and the following paragraphs to talk about the economic devastation in detail.

这一段起着承上启下的作用,接下来将比较详细地描述恐怖袭击对美国经济不同产业的打击。

词语解释

far and wide

over a large area到处, 广泛地 e.g.

1)The old lady was looking far and wide for her lost puppy. 那位老妇人在到处寻找丢失的小狗。

2)He made friends far and wide. 他广交朋友。